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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 PAF Open
August 18 - 23, 2009

(4) Ricardo Santos/Pedro Solberg, Brazil

Ricardo Alex Costa Santos
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 6, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salvador, Brazil

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

103 kg (227 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

238

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,921,182.50

Pedro Salgado Collett Solberg
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 27, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

200

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,121,562.50

Awards

Tour Champion 2000 (with Ze Marco de Melo), 2003 (with Emanuel Rego), 2004 (with Emanuel Rego), 2005 (with Emanuel Rego), 2006 (with Emanuel Rego), 2007 (with Emanuel Rego)
Best Hitter 2005
Best Offensive Player 2005, 2006, 2007
Most Outstanding 2005, 2007
Team of the Year 2005 (with Emanuel Rego), 2006 (with Emanuel Rego), 2007 (with Emanuel Rego)
Most Inspirational 2018
Sportsperson 2018

Awards

Team of the Year 2008 (with Harley Marques)
Tour Champion 2008 (with Harley Marques)
Best Blocker 2013

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	US$24,550.00

Previous Åland Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Harley Marques - 1st

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Aland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/20/2009	Winner 1	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (29, Q4)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:37
Thu, 8/20/2009	Winner 2	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (13)	Won 21-15, 24-22	0:50
Fri, 8/21/2009	Winner 3	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (12)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:42
Fri, 8/21/2009	Winner 4	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (8)	Won 23-21, 24-22	0:54
Sat, 8/22/2009	Semi-Finals	Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (1)	Lost 19-21, 12-21	0:49
Sun, 8/23/2009	Bronze Medal	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (8)	Lost 19-21, 21-16, 13-15	1:05

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$24,550.00
Total	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$24,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ricardo Santos												Pedro Solberg
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
9	1	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$127,000.00	World Championships	8	0	0	1	0	3	1	3	0	0	$60,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
85	14	7	8	2	16	20	8	5	0	$727,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	87	8	6	3	5	15	31	10	3	0	$617,150.00
138	38	20	14	15	18	17	6	5	0	$1,050,432.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	90	10	5	6	9	10	30	9	6	0	$399,062.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
											U21 World Championships	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	Goodwill Games
238	56	31	23	18	36	38	16	10	0	$1,921,182.50	Total	200	21	13	14	15	29	64	23	9	0	$1,121,562.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,200.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,200.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ricardo Santos													Pedro Solberg
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1995	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	1997	FIVB
12	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	3	$72,000.00	1998	FIVB
13	4	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	$124,250.00	1999	FIVB
15	5	4	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	$115,500.00	2000	FIVB
11	2	4	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	$90,000.00	2001	FIVB
10	3	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	$70,695.00	2002	FIVB
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$118,500.00	2003	FIVB
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
13	7	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	$130,250.00	2004	FIVB
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
15	6	2	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	$163,175.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,350.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
14	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	$177,500.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	$12,200.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
15	7	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	0	$173,850.00	2007	FIVB	16	3	0	2	1	3	4	1	0	2	$103,100.00
11	2	0	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	$84,100.00	2008	FIVB	18	6	0	1	4	1	5	0	1	0	$146,800.00
10	1	2	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	$76,550.00	2009	FIVB	12	1	2	0	1	4	2	1	0	1	$74,400.00
152	50	25	17	14	19	13	7	3	4	$1,398,120.00	Total	Total	63	13	3	6	8	8	12	6	1	6	$340,350.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	6	66.7%	3	33.3%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3	50.0%	0-6	0.0%	6-3	66.7%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	9-6	60.0%
2008-2009	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0-4	0.0%	5-1	83.3%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	6-4	60.0%
Against the Field	4	57.1%	3	42.9%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0-4	0.0%	8-2	80.0%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	7-4	63.6%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	6
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	6

Head to Head Results
Santos/Solberg lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
8/22/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	1	Santos/Solberg	4	21-19, 21-12	0:49
Series tied with # 8 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-1
8/23/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Bronze Medal	Klemperer/Koreng	8	Santos/Solberg	4	21-19, 16-21, 15-13	1:05
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 4	Santos/Solberg	4	Klemperer/Koreng	8	23-21, 24-22	0:54
Lead the series against # 12 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Santos/Solberg	4	Kais/Vesik	12	21-15, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 13 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-0
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Santos/Solberg	4	Araujo/Magalhaes	13	21-15, 24-22	0:50
Lead the series against # 29, Q4 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Santos/Solberg	4	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	29, Q4	21-15, 21-16	0:37